Report: Wearable Devices To Top $28 Billion in Sales in 2016 - Joshua Bolkan, THE Journal

Wearable electronic device sales will increase 18.4 percent year over year to hit 274.6 million shipments in 2016, according to a new forecast from market research firm Gartner. Of the $28.7 billion the company predicts sales of the devices will generate in revenue, $11.5 billion will come from smartwatches alone. "From 2015 through 2017, smartwatch adoption will have 48 percent growth largely due to Apple popularizing wearables as a lifestyle trend. https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/02/03/research-wearable-devices-to-top-28-billion-in-sales-in-2016.aspx